The (Less intimidating) Watch Thread

[Cole]

I bought this Garmin Epix 2 sapphire / titan two weeks ago and gave my Venu SQ Music to my son.

Typically I informed myself about the watch, but forgot to look up if there is a follow up modell close. Well a week after I bought it the follow up modell, the Epix Pro, was released.

[Dans]

Still sweet

[A Former User]

Wabby watchie

[Giles]

Back from being re-batteried.....

[Anesthetist]

Such a fun and cool little throwback watch.

[Matt]

[Smiladon]

Picked this up a couple years ago. 70s Seiko diver.

[Mr Linz]

Love that there's a less intimidating watch thread! I've just seen this for the first time. I'm a little obsessed with watches and have spent the last few years getting into them and buying, trading, etc. It's a beautiful hobby no matter what your budget.

[Mr Linz]

Here’s a couple of fun ones:

[goosehd]

@Mr-Linz There is also this one () https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/topic/22/watches-another-ocd-problem?_=1693867562155

[Matt]

@Mr-Linz love that turquoise and pink.

[Mr Linz]

@goosehd Thanks mate! Already on that one! Just glad there's one for people getting into, it's so nice that people can ask advice as there's a lot of pitfalls in watch collecting.

[Mr Linz]

@Matt I had it custom made for me. Two of my favorite colors!

[Mr Linz]

I also picked up the Mission to Mars Moonswatch but waiting on a better strap before posting that guy - hate the nato style strap it comes on so bulky and cheap looking.

[goosehd]

@Mr-Linz I didn’t know you could custom order G-Shocks. Is that something new?

[Mr Linz]

@goosehd It's not OEM, that would be amazing! I'd get so many made lol. There's a whole community online of people who customize watches, normally Seiko's and Casio's. This one was done by a fella in Singapore who does this as a hobby, he's very talented. He's called David Tan Chee Yong and his handle is gshock_art on insta if you're curious...

[goosehd]

@Mr-Linz Very cool and something I’ll look into…I’ve had a few G-shocks over the years and this could be a fun project.

Thank you!

[Mr Linz]

@goosehd Dude it's a lot of fun! There's so many way to go. It's a rabbit hole. To get specific and overly detailed - I prefer a smaller watch, I have a 6 and 3/4 inch wrist and mostly wear 40mm and less watches. So I specifically wanted the ladies size casioak (which is still pretty large at 43mm) but feels better on my wrist. So I had to find a guy who could repaint both hands and indices as the female version has nasty silver or gold ones. This dude was the only person I could find that could do it. Like I said... Rabbit hole!

[Mr Linz]

Here’s the Moonswatch I was talking about with the upgraded rubber strap… !

[Matt]

Man, everyone hates on that stock strap. I love it. It’s got a Shark Leash vibe.